《How am I supposed to live without you》是Laura Branigan演唱的歌曲，Michael Bolton谱曲，收录在专辑《Branigan 2》中。Michael Bolton的重新演唱使这首歌大火，继而成为他的代表作之一。

《How Am I Supposed to Live without You》是1983年Michael Bolton为美国籍女歌手Laura Branigan所作的一首经典曲目。1957年出生于纽约的女歌手萝拉布兰妮根(Laura Branigan)成名之前曾是加拿大诗人兼歌手Leonard Cohen的合音，1982年《Gloria》出道即获格林美最佳女歌手提名，首张专辑《Branigan》里的《Gloria》拿下了美国排行榜的三周亚军、英国榜Top 6的成绩 ,其后推出《Self Control》等多张专辑，此后五年间她受到全球性的欢迎，也是她的黄金年代。Laura Branigan于1983 年所录制，1983年月8月16日发行于Laura Branigan的《Branigan 2》专辑中。

声音高亢、略沙哑又带奔放的萝拉擅长以欧陆舞曲风格赋予旧曲新生命并且选曲上有独到的国际色彩，数首畅销曲都是以英文翻唱意大利歌曲像在美国拿下亚军的Gloria；Ti Amo还有1984年度台湾地区英文歌曲票选总冠军Self Control。,以Gloria、Self Control、Imagination、How Am I Supposed to Live Without You等名曲在80年代红极一时，创下辉煌的成绩。laura Branigan以沙哑性格嗓音著称，曾经四度获得葛莱美奖最佳流行女歌手奖项的提名。麦可伯特恩(Michael Bolton)所作How Am I Supposed To Live Without You、唐娜桑玛(Donna Summer)的亚军曲Dim All The Lights、电影【霹雳男儿】插曲Show Me Heaven、日后被席琳迪翁(Celine Dion)唱红的Power Of Love都是萝拉布兰妮根的佳作。从她的歌曲中可以感觉外表冷艳的萝拉虽以情歌为主但注重节奏与旋律，每每都以奔放的歌声传达其丰沛的情感。

1989 年，该曲的原作者Michael Bolton在对这首经典歌曲进行了重新演绎并收录在《Greatest Hits 1985-1995》专辑中。重新演绎使得Michael Bolton一炮打响，红遍歌坛。

Bolton的《How Am I Supposed To Live Without You》，听来令人激情荡漾。这首歌曲成为90年代初排行榜上的冠军歌曲及Billboard Hot 100 冠军。同时Michael Bolton凭借这首歌曲获得了1990年第32届格莱美奖“最佳流行乐男艺人”。1991年第39届BMI音乐奖《How Am I Supposed To Live Without You》又荣获“年度最佳歌曲”。从此开始，推出了一系列碧浪灵歌《How Can We Be Lovers》，《Love Is A Wonderful Thing》。1991年的专辑《Time Love and Tenderness》一经问世，迅速荣登榜首，在数月里保持在前十的位置。Michael Bolton凭藉独特的演绎和声线，以及极富创意的作词、作曲的才华，赢得了乐迷的欣赏，成为80年代到90年代乐坛炙手可热的巨星。

How Am I Supposed To Live Without You

Michael Bolton

I could hardly believe it

When I heard the news today

I had to come and get it straight from you

They said you were leavin

Someone swept you heart away

From the look upon your face I see it's true

So tell me all about it,

tell me 'bout the plans you're makin

Tell me one thing more before I go

Tell me how am I supposed to live without you

Now that I've been lovin you so long

How am I supposed to live without you

How am I supposed to carry on

When all that I've been livin for is gone

I didn't come here for cryin

Didn't come here to breakdown

It's just a dream of mine is coming to an end

And how can I blame you

When I built my world around

The hope that one day we'd be so much more than friends

And I don't wanna know the price I'm gonna pay for dreaming

Even now it's more than I can take

Tell me how am I supposed to live without you

Now that I've been lovin you so long

How am I supposed to live without you

How am I supposed to carry on

When all that I've been livin for is gone

No I don't wanna know the price I'm gonna pay for dreaming

Now that your dream has come true

Tell me how am I supposed to live without you

Now that I've been lovin you so long

How am I supposed to live without you

How am I supposed to carry on

When all that I've been livin for is gone